Description

There's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain groups of organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a closely related group, like the Mastodons? What's the criteria for possible 'de-extinction'? SO MANY QUESTIONS.
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You know you love to read articles as much as I do:
"'De-extinction' of the woolly mammoth: A step closer." Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/24/de-extinction-and-the-wooly-mammoth-genome/?utm_term=.a9760131f62a

"The Pygmy Mammoth," National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/historyculture/pygmymammoth.htm

"The island rule in large mammals: paleontology meets ecology," International Journal of Organic Evolution http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb00516.x/abstract

"American mastodon extirpation in the Arctic and Subarctic predates human colonization and terminal Pleistocene climate change," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org/content/111/52/18460.abstract

Special thanks to Bill Simpson for helping us with this episode!
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